So I have been reading the manga and up to chapter 75 right now.
Does everyone agree that it's pretty much a copy of Naruto, Bleach and Fairy Tail put together?

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You got Narutos goal and rival. Rival in this case meaning a non talking wannabe cool guy. On top of that, he's a loud ass.
Then you have the, kingdom with squads and then they have captains that are super powerful.
Then you have magic and legit on the page I read before this, someone used magic called "Lightning Make". Sound like gray anyone? lol.

There also seems to be characters copied over into it from those 3.
I am gonna watch the anime because why not and I have enjoyed reading the manga but I mean, I have a soft spot for animes/mangas like this. Other then Naruto, never really liked it.

Meh, I reckon you can probably trace a common line of inspiration among most shonen battle manga since the era of YYH, Keshin, and Dragon Ball, so similarities aren't really all that surprising.

That being said I would argue that, even among the points you mentioned, there are alot of significant differences in execution and context that ultimately make the similarities little more than superficial.

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We can start with the goal. Naruto and Asta do have very similar goals, but the reasoning behind them is slightly different. Naruto has weight and hate specifically placed on his shoulders for who he is, and he wants to get people to respect and acknowledge his efforts in spite of it (which leads to him being a troublemaker for a long time as well). Asta, on the other hand, wants to prove a point about relating ability to class, and about the value of pure effort over talent. This becomes a great stage for setting their abilities as well - Naruto has an ability that ultimately requires him to overcome and control the very reason why people fear him, whereas Asta has an ability that he could never use effectively had he not built up a large reservoir of physical strength and stamina beforehand and becomes completely worthless if his strength and senses ever fail him.

Then you can look at Asta's rival, Yuno. He is certainly the cool guy in the series but lets be honest, that's a REALLY common (and old) trope, especially in shonen (Hell, it's got a TV Tropes page. Red Oni, Blue Oni). Joseph Joestar had Caesar (and that was late 80's, mind you), Son Goku had Piccolo and Vegeta, Yusuke Yurameshi had Hiei, and the list goes on. That being said, there are still big differences in the context of their relationship. First, despite their rivalry it is made clear that Yuno and Asta have always been close friends (a sharp difference between the rivalries in Bleach and Naruto). On top of that, it is also revealed in the first chapter that Yuno's personality is not a natural thing, but is a result of how Asta's actions affected him when they were young (which is different from the simple elemental mismatch seen in fairy tail). And different from all of these cases is the fact that Asta and Yuno's rivalry actually stems from the fact that they are striving for a common goal (becoming wizard king) that can only be reached by one of them. Put all this together and we have a rivalry that's unique in it's dynamic from the other series mentioned.

As for the system of the kingdom, squads, and captains, it is quite similar to Fairy Tail, though I would argue that there are also two important difference here - nationalism. All of the wizards in the kingdom serve under the Wizard King, who in turn serves under the king. They aren't given job requests like a guild, they are ordered on missions and subsequently rewarded or reprimanded by the government. Captains have regular meetings with the wizard king to monitor the state of the kingdom and it's relationship with neighbors. In essence, they are more akin to an actual military of the kingdom, and we can see this in the loyalty that the knight captains have to the Wizard King (which should prevent any "guild over country" situations from occurring).

At the end of the day there are alot of interesting ways to tweak and rework old ideas, and I think shonen action as a genre has been a consistent example of this over the years. I'd say between reworking ideas and very gradually fleshing out the world and lore, Black Clover is doing a pretty well in establishing itself so far.

Honestly, if you're going to call Asta a ripoff of a Naruto character, call him a ripoff of Rock Lee. I still wouldn't be convinced by it, but Naruto never had to make up for a lack of magic power by training the shit out of his body and Asta's certainly no delinquent.

This person said it best in my opinion. Also, wherever you're reading Black Clover, those translations aren't 100% accurate. What it actually said was Lightning Creation Magic: "name of spell". Honestly, I think people would enjoy it a lot more if people just quit comparing it to every single thing in the world of manga. It's certainly had its rough roads in the very beginning, but it's definitely grown into its own thing since then as well. Black Clover doesn't have to be some masterpiece of writing in order to take it for what it is and enjoy it. If you don't like things that don't completely stand out from the rest in terms of uniqueness, then it's simply not for you. Albeit, if I were to give an honest opinion, I'm definitely enjoying Black Clover WAY more than Fairy Tail's last 300 chapters or so.

Meh, I reckon you can probably trace a common line of inspiration among most shonen battle manga since the era of YYH, Keshin, and Dragon Ball, so similarities aren't really all that surprising.

That being said I would argue that, even among the points you mentioned, there are alot of significant differences in execution and context that ultimately make the similarities little more than superficial.

Spoiler Alert! Click to show or hide

We can start with the goal. Naruto and Asta do have very similar goals, but the reasoning behind them is slightly different. Naruto has weight and hate specifically placed on his shoulders for who he is, and he wants to get people to respect and acknowledge his efforts in spite of it (which leads to him being a troublemaker for a long time as well). Asta, on the other hand, wants to prove a point about relating ability to class, and about the value of pure effort over talent. This becomes a great stage for setting their abilities as well - Naruto has an ability that ultimately requires him to overcome and control the very reason why people fear him, whereas Asta has an ability that he could never use effectively had he not built up a large reservoir of physical strength and stamina beforehand and becomes completely worthless if his strength and senses ever fail him.

Then you can look at Asta's rival, Yuno. He is certainly the cool guy in the series but lets be honest, that's a REALLY common (and old) trope, especially in shonen (Hell, it's got a TV Tropes page. Red Oni, Blue Oni). Joseph Joestar had Caesar (and that was late 80's, mind you), Son Goku had Piccolo and Vegeta, Yusuke Yurameshi had Hiei, and the list goes on. That being said, there are still big differences in the context of their relationship. First, despite their rivalry it is made clear that Yuno and Asta have always been close friends (a sharp difference between the rivalries in Bleach and Naruto). On top of that, it is also revealed in the first chapter that Yuno's personality is not a natural thing, but is a result of how Asta's actions affected him when they were young (which is different from the simple elemental mismatch seen in fairy tail). And different from all of these cases is the fact that Asta and Yuno's rivalry actually stems from the fact that they are striving for a common goal (becoming wizard king) that can only be reached by one of them. Put all this together and we have a rivalry that's unique in it's dynamic from the other series mentioned.

As for the system of the kingdom, squads, and captains, it is quite similar to Fairy Tail, though I would argue that there are also two important difference here - nationalism. All of the wizards in the kingdom serve under the Wizard King, who in turn serves under the king. They aren't given job requests like a guild, they are ordered on missions and subsequently rewarded or reprimanded by the government. Captains have regular meetings with the wizard king to monitor the state of the kingdom and it's relationship with neighbors. In essence, they are more akin to an actual military of the kingdom, and we can see this in the loyalty that the knight captains have to the Wizard King (which should prevent any "guild over country" situations from occurring).

At the end of the day there are alot of interesting ways to tweak and rework old ideas, and I think shonen action as a genre has been a consistent example of this over the years. I'd say between reworking ideas and very gradually fleshing out the world and lore, Black Clover is doing a pretty well in establishing itself so far.

You are right about a lot of things, I do want to point out something to. Asta(And other chars) do get a lot of hate for being not a noble. Of course how they take these actions are both different. Naruto became a trouble maker.

Meh, I reckon you can probably trace a common line of inspiration among most shonen battle manga since the era of YYH, Keshin, and Dragon Ball, so similarities aren't really all that surprising.

That being said I would argue that, even among the points you mentioned, there are alot of significant differences in execution and context that ultimately make the similarities little more than superficial.

Spoiler Alert! Click to show or hide

We can start with the goal. Naruto and Asta do have very similar goals, but the reasoning behind them is slightly different. Naruto has weight and hate specifically placed on his shoulders for who he is, and he wants to get people to respect and acknowledge his efforts in spite of it (which leads to him being a troublemaker for a long time as well). Asta, on the other hand, wants to prove a point about relating ability to class, and about the value of pure effort over talent. This becomes a great stage for setting their abilities as well - Naruto has an ability that ultimately requires him to overcome and control the very reason why people fear him, whereas Asta has an ability that he could never use effectively had he not built up a large reservoir of physical strength and stamina beforehand and becomes completely worthless if his strength and senses ever fail him.

Then you can look at Asta's rival, Yuno. He is certainly the cool guy in the series but lets be honest, that's a REALLY common (and old) trope, especially in shonen (Hell, it's got a TV Tropes page. Red Oni, Blue Oni). Joseph Joestar had Caesar (and that was late 80's, mind you), Son Goku had Piccolo and Vegeta, Yusuke Yurameshi had Hiei, and the list goes on. That being said, there are still big differences in the context of their relationship. First, despite their rivalry it is made clear that Yuno and Asta have always been close friends (a sharp difference between the rivalries in Bleach and Naruto). On top of that, it is also revealed in the first chapter that Yuno's personality is not a natural thing, but is a result of how Asta's actions affected him when they were young (which is different from the simple elemental mismatch seen in fairy tail). And different from all of these cases is the fact that Asta and Yuno's rivalry actually stems from the fact that they are striving for a common goal (becoming wizard king) that can only be reached by one of them. Put all this together and we have a rivalry that's unique in it's dynamic from the other series mentioned.

As for the system of the kingdom, squads, and captains, it is quite similar to Fairy Tail, though I would argue that there are also two important difference here - nationalism. All of the wizards in the kingdom serve under the Wizard King, who in turn serves under the king. They aren't given job requests like a guild, they are ordered on missions and subsequently rewarded or reprimanded by the government. Captains have regular meetings with the wizard king to monitor the state of the kingdom and it's relationship with neighbors. In essence, they are more akin to an actual military of the kingdom, and we can see this in the loyalty that the knight captains have to the Wizard King (which should prevent any "guild over country" situations from occurring).

At the end of the day there are alot of interesting ways to tweak and rework old ideas, and I think shonen action as a genre has been a consistent example of this over the years. I'd say between reworking ideas and very gradually fleshing out the world and lore, Black Clover is doing a pretty well in establishing itself so far.

You are right about a lot of things, I do want to point out something to. Asta(And other chars) do get a lot of hate for being not a noble. Of course how they take these actions are both different. Naruto became a trouble maker.

Oh don't get me wrong, they definitely both get hate. I'm just pointing out that the reasoning is different, and therefore leading to different ways of handling things. Naruto was hated specifically for what he was, not for being an orphan. We know this because Sasuke wasn't hated and Iruka-sensei, though he was lonely, was not hated. On the other hand, Black Clover has alot of examples of the peasant class being disliked.

When you compare the two situations you realize that Naruto had alot more on his shoulders simply because there was no-one else in the village of status equal to his. If all else fails, peasants in Black Clover can at least lean on each other (like Asta and Yuno had each other and the orphanage). Naruto basically had no companions for the sum of his younger years.

No it's not a copy. It was inspired by them yes, and when I was reading it I saw mainly similarities to Fairy Tail, and some to Naruto. However, it's its own story, and it might as well be enjoyed as one.

Black Clover isn't exactly original especially at first but it comes into its own as it progresses and with it's brisk pacing it's just a fun read to me personally.

There is a tendency to get caught up in whether something is original or not when the focus should be more on if you enjoy reading it or not especially with Shonen.

100% agreed. You're reading a demographic that's meant for young teens, so why on Earth are you expecting it to be some out of this world writing? Shonen as a whole is meant to be just simple fun you can enjoy on a weekly basis, not something that's supposed to be over analyzed because it's so convoluted somehow.